Chapter 699 - War has started (2/2)

Just as Tan Jiahao and Yuan Song had expected, Yang Hanying attacked their west and east border, just a week after leaving the Tan Dynasty. The country was in chaos as the invaders from both sides were trying to push them into a dead-end.

Yang Hanying had joined hands with Tan Jiahao's neighboring enemies and attacked them from both sides, letting them have very little time to fight against him.

Tan Xiu looked at her father whose condition has been worsening since the war had started. It's been a week since it has started and he fell unconscious upon hearing that news. Since that day, his condition is worsening and even the imperial doctor has said that it's very difficult for him to get over this shock.

Yuan Song was fighting at the western border while trying to coordinate both the borders. It was difficult for their soldiers to fight on the western border, due to its unfavorable terrain and lack of proper weapons than the enemy, it was getting difficult for him to control the situation.

Meanwhile, Tan Xiu was trying to manage the situation in her father's absence as he can't work and was bedridden. It was her first time managing all the political things, some people were looking down on her for being a girl, but her maternal uncle and also the king of Liu kingdom came to help her and supported her throughout the difficulty.

She has been blessed with good people around her. She believed that they would get over this difficult situation as well if they all worked hard.

Tan Xiu's mother stood outside the study and watched Tan Xiu's reading the doc.u.ments seriously. She has been working day and night since her father fell ill. She smiled \remembering Tan Xiu's words she has said to her other day,” he has done so much for me, it's time for me to make him proud.”

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Tan Xiu was working when a guard who sued to be Yuan Song's subordinate guard, came running and barged into the study. She looked at him and saw his pale face and walked to him worriedly, ” What happened? Did something happen?” she asked, seeing his pale and obvious heavy expression. She tried to harden her heart for bad news but she was hoping that it's not the one she was expecting.

The guard looked at her while huffing and said after taking a deep breath, ” Your Highness, it's bad news. The soldiers of the enemy have invaded the capital city. Their troops are now moving towards the palace. We need to hurry and go in hiding.” he said with panic written on his face.

Tan Xiu's expressions turned pale upon hearing this unfortunate news. Her hands shivered and she held onto the gate to control herself from losing her consciousness.

She took a deep breath to keep calm and not lose her sanity and asked, ” What about the soldier troops about in the palace?” she asked. There is a portion of soldiers that reside at the palace area to protect against foreign invasions in time of emergency.

” Your highness, King Liu has assigned half of those soldiers to the east border since we were short on soldiers over there. And only half of them were left and it's not sufficient to go against more than 100 soldiers of the enemy who are now marching towards the palace.”

” Common..der Yuan Song? Any news from him?” she asked her with expectant eyes.

The guard shook his head, making her last hope to fall apart.

'What's going to happen now?'

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